Candy cutting and shaping machine.



PATENTED APR 5, 1904..

W. W. TURNBULL.

CANDY CUTTING AND SHAPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNTTEE STATES Patented April 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CANDY CUTTING AND SHAPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,741, dated April 5,1904.

Application filed July 13, 1903. Serial No. 165,319. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVERD W. TURNBULL, a citizen of the United States,residing at O0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Candy Cutting andShaping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of candy-cutting machines; andthe objects of my invention are to provide an improved machine of thisclass for separating a strip or elongated bar of newly-made candy intosections of desirable shapes and to provide a machine of this class ofsuperior construction and arrangement of parts particularly adapted forthe cutting and shaping of substantially oval forms of candies, such asbuttercups. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedmachine. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on a; looking in the direction ofthe arrow in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail sectional View through the cutting portions of the machine,illustrating the manner of ejecting the severed candies orcandy-sections from the machine, other parts of the machine'being forthe sake of clearness omitted in said View. Fig. 5 is a transversesection on line 3 y of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged inner sideelevation of a portion of one of the cutter members.

Similar numerals refer to similar throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention I employ a horizontal base-plate 1, fromthe ends of which rise end frames or standards 2 and 8. On the innerside of each of these standards and adjacent thereto is supported avertical rod 4, these rods passing loosely through the end portions of ahorizontally-disposed cutter bar or member 5. That end of the bar 5which is adjacent to the standard 3 has formed therewith on its outerface a vertically-disposed rack-bar 6, while the opposite end of the baror member 5 is provided on its opposite faces with opposing rack-bars 7and 8. Between the rack-bar terminations of the member 5 parts thelatter has its inner face formed with vertically-disposed andsuccessively-arranged corrugations or parallel grooves 9. Cast orotherwise suitably secured within each of the teethlike ridges formedbetween said grooves are vertically-arranged and parallel cutting-blades10, which project, as shown, from the bodyof the member 5. Extendingoutwardly from each of the end standards 3 and 4 is a bracketarm 11, theouter portion of which is in the nature of an upturned hook, as shown.Adjustably mounted on the upper side of the straight inner portion ofeach of the brackets 11 is the inner portion of an outwardly-extendingshaft-bearing arm 12, this connection being formed by a bolt 13, whichpasses through a slotted opening in the arm 12 and thence into thebracket 11. The outer and enlarged rounded head of each of thebearing-arms 12 extends within the hook portion of the correspondingbracket 11, said bearing-arms being pierced to form journal-bearings forthe spindle or shaft ends 14 of a horizontally-disposed cutting andforming member 14, which is parallel with the member 5. This cuttingmember 14 is, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings, in thenature of a roller-segment. The curved face of the segmental body 14 isformed with parallel grooves or corrugations 15, of uniform depth andcorresponding with and arranged to oppose the vertical grooves of themember 5. As prescribed for the member 5, the segmental member 14 hassuitably secured therein cutting-blades 16, the projecting cutting-edgeportions of which are adapted to shear with the cutting edges of theblades 10. At one end the cutting member 14 is formed with agear-segment 17 the teeth of which are adapted to mesh with the teeth ofthe rack 7 and in order to move the member 14 inward or outward, as maybe desired, I have provided the upturned outer end portions of thebrackets 11 with set-screws 18, which pass through threaded openings insaid brackets and are adapted to exert a pressure on the ends of theadjustable bearing-arms 12. The upper portions of the standards 2 and 3are preferably connected by means of a horizontal tie-rod 19. J ournaledin the end standards 2 and 3, in the lower and outer portion thereof, isa horizontal shaft 20, which carries on one of its outer ends anoperatingcrank 21. The shaft also carries adjacent to each end agear-segment 22, these gear segments meshing. respectively, with theracks 6 and 8 of the member 5.

The operation of those parts of the invention heretofore described is asfollows: The parts being in the position indicated in Fig. 3 of thedrawingsthat is, with the segmental cutting member 14 thrown upward andoutward and the member 5 elevated on the pins 4the candy, which ispreviously formed into an elongated bar of proper thickness, is insertedbetween the cutting members 5 and 14. The crank-handle is now turned,resulting through the gearing heretofore described in the verticaldownward movement of the memher 5 and in the swinging downward movementof the cutting member 14, the projecting portions of the cutting-bladesacting to sever the candy into a plurality of sections, one of which isindicated at 23 in Fig. 4 of the drawings. In the operation it isobvious that the pliable candy-bodies will be compressed between thegrooved portions of the bodies of the'cutting members, and therebyrounded or ovaled on opposite sides.

In order to insure the dropping of the severed candies from the machine,I journal from and beneath the cutting member 5 a shaft 24, the latterbeing disclosed more clearly in Figs. 4 and 6, and with this shaft Iconnect, as shown in Fig. 4, a plurality of angular ejecting wires orblades 25, the longer and upward ly-eXtending arms of which normally lievertically within the grooves 9 of the member 5. In order to insure thisnormal position of the ejector members, I provide the outwardly andclownwardly bent members of one or more of the ejectors with a suitableweight 26. When,

however the cutting member 5 is sufiiciently lowered on the pins 4, thedownturned outer ends of the ejectors 25 come into contact-with thebase-plate 1 and cause the upwardly-extending ejector members to moveoutward in the manner indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings and to therebydischarge the candy-bodies from the grooves. It is obvious that when thecutting members 5 are again raised the weights 26 will serve to returnthe ejectors to their normal positions.

From the construction and operation described it will be seen that asimple and reliable form of candy cutting and shaping device is producedwhich will be of great utility to the manufacturers of candies, andparticularly that class of such goods known as buttercups.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a candy cutting and shaping machine, the combination with thesupporting-framework, and a vertically-movable cutting member having aplurality of projecting cuttingblad es, of an opposing swinging cuttingmember having a plurality of projecting cuttingblades and means forsimultaneously swinging one of said cutting members and moving the othervertically.

2. In a candy cutting and shaping machine, the combination with asupporting-framework, a vertically-movable cutting and shaping membermounted in said frame and having grooves formed vertically in its innerface and cutter-blade projections between said grooves, of a cuttingmember 14 mounted to swing in said frame and of a roller-segment form,the curved face of said cutting member 14 having grooves therein, curvedcuttingblades projecting from between said grooves and means forsimultaneously moving the member 5 vertically and swinging the member14, substantially as specified.

3. In a candy cutting and shaping machine, the combination with aframework, a vertically-movable cutting member 5 mounted therein andhaving parallel vertical grooves on its inner face, cutting-bladesprojecting from between said grooves and racks on the opposite sides ofsaid cutting member, of an opposing cutting member 14 having the form ofa roller-segment provided with grooves on its grooved face andcutting-blades projecting from between said grooves, an operatingshaft,gear connections between said shaft and the racks of said cutting member5 and gear connections between said cutting member 5 and member 14whereby the rotation of said shaft results in a swinging movement of oneof said cutting members and a vertical movement of the other,substantially as specified.

4. In a candy cutting and shaping machine, the combination with aframework, a vertically-moving cutter, an opposing swinging cutter, saidcutters having opposing grooves andv means for operating said cutters,of angular candy-ejectors fulcrumed beneath said vertically-movablecutter and having their upper arms normally retained in the grooves ofsaid cutter and their lower arms adapted to contact with thesupporting-base of the machine when said cutter is lowered,substantially as specified.

W. TURNBULL.

In presence of C. C. SHEPHERD, W. L. MORROW.

